Synopsis
“and the Mystery of the lamp”
Based in the municipality of Khwaish, abused by his classmates, Aladin Chatterjee, who was orphaned when his parents, Arun and Riya, died in an accident in Siachen Valley, lived with his paternal grandfather until the later's passing. Now alone, grown up, studying in Khwaish University, and still being abused by fellow-college mates, he finds himself smitten by the lovely US Exchange Student, Jasmine. Unable to express his feelings for her, he rubs a lamp that was gifted to him on his birthday, which summons a genie named Genius. He gets 3 wishes, but wastes 2 of them, but on the 3rd one he insists that Genius assist him to win Jasmine's heart without any magical tricks. Hilarious chaos result when everything seems to fail while an immortal and deadly entity, Ringmaster, and his hordes, prepares to confront Genius and Aladin so that he can acquire more magical powers with the help of the lamp on the day of the sighting of a rare comet and the truth behind the death of Aladin's parents.
The 2008–2010 India Window
181 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Aladin sits at position #77.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Aladin premiered. 454 total titles in this decade from India.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,161 of 1,983 India films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among India Fantasy productions specifically: #51 of 82 (top 62%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
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| Original Language | Hindi |
| Runtime | 2h 12m |
| Release Date | October 29, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1227762 |
| Official Site | aladin.erosentertainment.com |